[ExI] undercover at Walmart

[Rafal Smigrodzki]

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 7:03 PM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 8:21 PM, Damien Broderick  wrote:
>> I have this feeling that irony is not yours.
>>
>
>
> More deep economic theory for your consideration.   ;)
>
>
> <http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/02/stimulus-package-explained-qa/>
>
> Stimulus Package Explained (Q&A)
> By Barry Ritholtz - February 13th, 2009, 4:00PM
>
> Sometime this year, taxpayers will receive an Economic Stimulus
> Payment. This is a very exciting new program that I will explain using
> the Q and A format:
>
> Q. What is an Economic Stimulus Payment?
> A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers.
>
> Q. Where will the government get this money?
> A. From taxpayers.
>
> Q. So the government is giving me back my own money?
> A. No, they are borrowing it from China. Your children are expected to
> repay the Chinese.
>
> Q. What is the purpose of this payment?
> A. The plan is that you will use the money to purchase a
> high-definition TV set, thus stimulating the economy.
>
> Q. But isn't that stimulating the economy of China ?
> A. Shut up.
>
>
> Below is some helpful advice on how to best help the US economy by
> spending your stimulus check wisely:
>
> If you spend that money at Wal-Mart, all the money will go to China.
> If you spend it on gasoline it will go to Hugo Chavez, the Arabs and Al Queda
> If you purchase a computer it will go to Taiwan.
> If you purchase fruit and vegetables it will go to Mexico, Honduras,
> and Guatemala (unless you buy organic).
> If you buy a car it will go to Japan and Korea.
> If you purchase prescription drugs it will go to India
> If you purchase heroin it will go to the Taliban in Afghanistan
> If you give it to a charitable cause, it will go to Nigeria.
>
> And none of it will help the American economy. We need to keep that
> money here in America. You can keep the money in America by spending
> it at yard sales, going to a baseball game, or spend it on
> prostitutes, beer (domestic only), or tattoos, since those are the
> only businesses still in the US.

### It would have been funny, except that there are enough morons
ready to treat it as serious advice, which stops it from being a joke.

Rafal